Bulbophyllum gymnopus

Bulbophyllum gymnopus
Scientific classification
Kingdom: Plantae
(unranked): Angiosperms
(unranked): Monocots
Order: Asparagales
Family: Orchidaceae
Subfamily: Epidendroideae
Genus: Bulbophyllum
Species: Bulbophyllum gymnopus

Bulbophyllum gymnopus is a species of orchid in the genus Bulbophyllum.

The plant produces the phenanthrenediol gymnopusin.[1]

References

  1. Structure and synthesis of gymnopusin, a novel phenanthrenediol from the orchid Bulbophyllum gymnopus. Andrew B. Hughes and Melvyn V. Sargent, J. Chem. Soc., 1989, Perkin Trans. 1, pages 1787-1791, doi:10.1039/P19890001787

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